Pre-LAFW Party

This past Tuesday was quite a crazy day for me.  I drove two hours into Beverly Hills to cover an event in which was a last minute thing and decided to make myself a last minute dress for the event.  I really just wanted to wear one those new belts in my collection. And let me tell ya, I had so much fun wearing this silk georgette dress on a breezing day.  It just flowed so beautifully.

(Decided to have a little fun with the outtakes)

Anyways after this event, I went home to change and drove back out to Los Angles for the Two Point Oh LA Pre-LAFW Party, in which I am a member of.  The event was held at Cement Studios on the 11th floor.  When I realized it was on that floor, I literally had to talk myself into continuing with the night. (Yes, I'm afraid of heights) Man, was that elevator rickety.  When I finally arrived to the party after a dreaded 2mins in that elevator I was greeted by an atmosphere of chic vibes in a cement floor loft with floor to ceiling windows.

The view of Los Angeles was quite beautiful.

Here's the rest of the highlights from the night.

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The biggest surprise of the night was when the lovely ladies of Sole Society asked if I had picked a shoe from their table.

Yes! They were gifting SHOES! I was really waiting for her to tell me it was a joke.

So I choose these lovely flats named, Chanel.  It was a tough choice, unlike some celeb shoe clubs, this place actually has some really cute shoes. Checking them out is a must and I'm not just saying that because I got free shoes.  For the record, I wouldn't take ugly shoes even if they were free.

These Nibniobs were also great. Would love to have these at my next event. Love the colors too.

There was also a handbag store selling handbags and a style site, Daily Buzz Style

I was wearing the Layer Me Dress in beige/black burnout from my fall collection.  I was also wearing the new Gifted Belt and the At The Opera earrings in cream.

And my lovely date for the night was, Aimee from According To Aimee.

It was all in all a great night, totally worth all the hustle I did that day.  Met a few new friends and friends I've never had a chance to meet in person.  Huge round of applause goes out to our fearless Two Point Oh LA leader, Kelsi Smith from Dedicated Follower of Fashion. 

Much more to come from my world this week Darlins, so stay posted!

xoxo!

Tyra Banks, really?

Hello Darlins,

So I recently did an interview with this fabulous fashion blogger Toni May from Fashion Loving.  In the post she wrote, "Melissa had her designs worn by big celebrities like Tyra Banks, Hilary Duff, Faith Evans and Kimora Lee Simmons!"  A statement which I also mention in my bio, here and there.  Anyways I wanted to share my story behind this statement and a little lesson learned through it all.

Did Tyra Banks, really wear something that I designed? Yes! Was it my own label? No.  When I was in my early twenties I was hired as an Assistant Designer at an up and coming clothing line (the name that I will not mention, for legal reasons). Anyways, the position started off pretty basic, with preparing line sheets, over looking samples, etc. Then, with-in a month or two into the position, things began to change.  I was still preforming my normal duties but now I was also designing, fabric souring, merchandising, styling, over looking it all basically.  All the Owner/ Head designer would really do was approve my work.  Yet, it was her company name on the label, not mine. Which, in most cases is understandable in this business (but for the record, all my work...is mine alone. NO ONE else designs my work).  Needless to say, I am truly grateful for the opportunity she gave me to run the show.

In the end, after a year with this company I was laid off because they couldn't afford me anymore and hired my intern to take my place. Wrong, yes!  So instead taking legal action, I decided to take this as a lesson learned and TAKE CREDIT for my work.  So here are a couple of pictures of my work for this company, that I managed to save or get a hold of.  Lesson to be learned; don't get taken advantage of and don't take advantage of others.

Sorry the pictures aren't that great.

Busy week ahead for me, hope you are have a fabulous week!